A Short Introduction to Plasma Physics
Plasma Physics
2014-04-03 v1 Accelerator Physics
Abstract
This chapter contains a short discussion of some fundamental plasma phenomena. In section 2 we introduce key plasma properties like quasi-neutrality, shielding, particle transport processes and sheath formation. In section 3 we describe the simplest plasma models: collective phenomena (drifts) deduced from single-particle trajectories and fundamentals of plasma fluid dynamics. The last section discusses wave phenomena in homogeneous, unbounded, cold plasma.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1404.0509,
title = {A Short Introduction to Plasma Physics},
author = {K. Wiesemann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.0509},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
38 pages, contribution to the CAS-CERN Accelerator School: Ion Sources, Senec, Slovakia, 29 May - 8 June 2012, edited by R. Bailey, CERN-2013-007